Sipu Jha
NEW DELHI: A dispute over a gym operating from a residential property allegedly escalated into a violent assault in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar, where a man was beaten up, his wife was allegedly molested, and their son was stripped naked and assaulted on the street, police said.The incident took place on Jan 2 and was captured on CCTV cameras, which have been seized as part of the investigation.According to police, the complainant, Rajesh Garg, owns a house in Laxmi Nagar and runs a gym in its basement. In his complaint, Garg alleged that the gym’s caretaker, Satish Yadav, cheated him and attempted to take over the business, leading to an ongoing dispute between the two.Garg alleged that on Jan 2, he and his wife went to the basement to check a water leakage issue when Satish Yadav, accompanied by several men, followed them inside. An argument allegedly broke out, during which the men punched and kicked Garg. He further alleged that his wife was molested during the confrontation.According to the complaint, when the couple’s son came down after hearing the commotion, the accused men allegedly caught hold of him, dragged him out onto the street, stripped him naked, and beat him up publicly.Police said CCTV footage shows the alleged assault and is being examined to establish the sequence of events. Garg has also alleged that the accused continued to drag and assault his son on the street. In the CCTV footage that has been widely circulated on social media the accused men can be seen physically assaulting the man who has been stripped naked and then kicked repeatedly by a group of 4-5 men and the footage shows them only stopping after police officers reached the spot. Rajesh Garg told reporters, “On January 2, around 3–3.30pm, I was standing outside when they pushed me and started beating me. They tore my clothes and kept punching me in the face.” He claimed that his son was then assaulted and left lying on the road. “My son’s wedding is in 10 days. He was beaten badly. I saw him lying on the road,” Garg said. According to him, both his sons left home after the incident and have since switched off their mobile phones. “We don’t know where they are,” he said. His wife further alleged that by the time she ran to the police station and got help his son had already been taken to the middle of the road and assaulted. Speaking to reporters she alleged, “The way he was stripped and dragged is this less than any form of rape?”Based on the complaint, a case was registered at Laxmi Nagar police station under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including provisions related to voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful restraint, criminal trespass, assault or use of criminal force to outrage the modesty of a woman, acts intended to insult a woman’s modesty, and criminal intimidation.Cops said the main accused Satish Yadav has been arrested while the other three are on the run
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